Operator Equinor ASA and its companions have found oil and fuel close to the manufacturing Gullfaks discipline on Norway’s facet of the North Sea.
Preliminary estimates positioned the dimensions of the Granat discovery, made within the first exploration properly in manufacturing license (PL) 277, at 1.3-3.8 million oil-equivalent barrels, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) reported Monday.
The upstream regulator stated the licensees are contemplating tying the invention again to current infrastructure in Gullfaks. The Equinor-operated discipline began manufacturing December 1986 and options three built-in processing, drilling and lodging services, based on data on authorities web site Norskpetroleum.no.
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Granat, or properly 33/12-N-3 HH, and properly 33/12-N-3 GH “have been drilled in reference to drilling an oil improvement properly on the Gullfaks Satellites (33/12-N-3 IH) in manufacturing license 152”, the NOD stated. The opposite properly, in PL 152, turned up dry, it stated.
Nicely 33/12-N-3 HH primarily aimed to show hydrocarbons in reservoir rocks within the Tarbert Formation and secondarily focused the Ness and Etive formations, all within the Center Jurassic-age Brent Group, based on the NOD.
“Wellbore 33/12-N-3 HHT2 encountered a complete of 153 meters [501.97 feet] within the Tarbert Formation with 58 meters of sandstone layers with average reservoir high quality”, the NOD stated. “The wellbore encountered a complete of 162 meters within the Ness Formation with 47 meters of sandstone layers with average to good reservoir properties, and a complete of 26 meters of sandstone layers within the Etive Formation with poor to average reservoir properties.
“The Tarbert Formation contained fuel, whereas the Ness and Etive formations have been full of oil/condensate.
“The properly encountered a hydrocarbon column totaling 240 meters. The oil/water contact was not encountered”.
An unstable gap led to termination with 3,275 meters of vertical depth drilled. “Technical sidetrack 33/12-3 HHT2 was drilled to respective measured and vertical depths of 7846 and 3715 meters, and was terminated within the Drake Formation”, the NOD added.
Wells 33/12-N-3 HH and 33/12-N-3 GH, in waters 137 meters deep, have been completely plugged and deserted, it stated.
Norway’s majority state-owned Equinor operates PL 277, awarded 2002 and legitimate via 2036, and PL 152, awarded 1988 and legitimate via 2036, with a 51 p.c stake via Equinor Vitality AS. Petoro AS, additionally state-owned, holds 30 p.c in every PL. OMV (Norge) AS has 19 p.c.
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